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Up until this afternoon, the final vote on CISPA was supposed to be tomorrow. Then, abruptly, it was moved up today—and the House voted in favor of its passage with a vote of 248-168. But that's not even the worst part. The vote followed the debate on amendments, several of...

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This isn't a huge surprise -- and last month we even discussed the possibility, but it sounds as though the White House has decided that, with the failure of Congress to pass a comprehensive cybersecurity bill (CISPA passed in the House, but the rather different Cybersecurity Act failed in the...

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Fujitsu's smartphone offerings have evolved dramatically over the past few years, but in Japan, the company's older flip-phone variant remains surprisingly popular — among cheaters, at least. That's the takeaway from a recent Wall Street Journal article, which takes a deeper look at the social phenomenon behind Fujitsu's F-Series,...

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With next week's vote on CISPA looming, the White House has made an official statement that implicitly criticizes the bill without mentioning it by name. The Hill reports that National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden issued the statement after a cybersecurity briefing in Congress: "The nation’s critical infrastructure cyber vulnerabilities...

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Steve Ballmer facebook Microsoft is leveraging an outcry over Google’s approach to privacy to smear its rival in the press. It released a blog post yesterday that claimed to have fresh findings about how Google circumvents privacy protections in Internet Explorer to place cookies that track users across the web....

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One of the lessons from the unfolding case of former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, David Petraeus, is that privacy protections for even the most sophisticated users of consumer-email services actually protect very little....

readwrite.com

U.S. government surveillance of email, search and other online activities is on the rise, while laws protecting people's privacy remain murky. As a result, private Internet and communications service providers - and even apps makers - have become the gatekeepers of our personal data and our first line of defense...

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May 8th, 2012 is a day to celebrate in The Netherlands as it becomes the first country in Europe to protect its citizens by enshrining net neutrality into law. The Netherlands is also implementing privacy protections for users against wiretapping and disconnection by the Internet Service Providers (ISPs), which will...

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We just noted how Rep. Mike Rogers, the sponsor for the CISPA cybersecurity bill that wipes out a variety of privacy protections for companies handing private info to the government had told the House Rules Committee that the only real opposition was 14-year-olds in their basement. It seems that many...

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Yet another White House petition has made it over the 100,000 signature mark, which is necessary to get a response. This one is asking the White House not to support CISPA, arguing that the terms are too broad, and the possibility of abuse is simply too high. To date, the...

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Until March of this year, Scott Sassa was one of the most influential media executives in the U.S. As president of entertainment and syndication at Hearst (it owns Cosmopolitan, among other titles), he cut deals with ESPN and Lifetime, and received a reported $6 million salary. He was a longtime...

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With echoes of Sopa, critics charge that bill will overturn US privacy protections in government attempts to track hackersWashington looks set to wave through new cybersecurity legislation next week that opponents fear will wipe out decades of privacy protections at a stroke.The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (Cispa) will...

arstechnica.com

If Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) is able to pass his amendement, e-mail and other electronic communication will have stronger privacy protection. Eric Constantineau Right now, if the cops want to read my e-mail, it’s pretty trivial for them to do so. All they have to do is ask my...

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Following several weeks of controversy surrounding the way that applications were handling customer data, the California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that several companies with a stake in the app game have agreed to new privacy protections for users of apps. The agreement signifies a change from the way that the...

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Heh, it’s funny how making noise really can make a difference. In response to public criticism and political pressure, Representative Adam Schiff intends to propose an amendment to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), to bolster its privacy protections. As we’ve written before, there is a certain tenseness among those...

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Last fall we wrote about how easy it probably was for the FBI to get the e-mails it needed to bring down CIA chief David Petraeus over allegations of infidelity. Under the ancient Electronic Communications Privacy Act, passed in 1986, the police can often obtain the contents of private...

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The U.S. House of Representatives moved closer Wednesday toward the passage of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), despite concerns that the cyberthreat information-sharing bill will allow Web-based companies to share a wide amount of customer information with government agencies.The House on Wednesday debated several amendments to...

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Over recent years a multitude of text services have attempted to replace text messaging and phone calls, from iMessage, Facebook chat, and BBM to Skype, Google Voice and WhatsApp. The law doesn't see iMessage and text messaging as equal, however: while a party could retrieve the details of who...

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Despite a detailed response from Apple CEO Tim Cook and the introduction of new privacy policies, U.S. government officials aren’t yet satisfied that Apple is doing enough to protect the information of its customers. G.K. Butterfield and Henry Waxman, ranking members of a congressional subcommittee dedicated to consumer protection,...

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Here’s where we are: the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) passed the House. Several bills in the Senate deal also deal with cybersecurity. One will have to pass, and then undergo reconciliation with CISPA, to eventually reach the desk of the President. However, the House and the Senate are...

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Last Friday, a Wall Street Journal report revealed that Google and some advertising companies had been circumventing privacy settings in order to follow users browsing through the Safari browsing on the iPhone and on the Web. Now, Microsoft has said that Google is working around the privacy settings on its...

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Drone technology can easily erode the scraps of privacy we have left, but the creepiness of the eyes in the sky could force us to rethink our current legal framework for data collection.You know that animal feeling you get when you're being watched? That horror-movie tingle along the back of...

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Recent reports suggest that Google is attempting to circumvent industry-standard privacy protections in both Safari and Internet Explorer. Google’s defense cites a study from Carnegie Mellon. What they don’t mention is that that study argues for increased regulation of companies like … Google...

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission today released a set of recommendations for businesses and Congress about the collection and use of consumers’ personal data. This framework has been in the works for years, and in the meantime there’s been considerable progress on many of its final recommendations, both proactively by...

arstechnica.com

Members of the House said on Tuesday that they will modify the language of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in a nod to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), who have expressed strong opposition to the bill’s language thus far. CISPA proposes a new system where...